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pictoral

pictoral is the alternative form of pictorial.

Meaning of pictorial

Adjective

pictorial (comparative more pictorial, superlative most pictorial)

  1. Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.
  2. Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
    • Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for...2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106
  3. Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.

See all 6 meanings of pictorial

Origin of pictoral

Probably an alteration of pictorial influenced by analysis as Latin pictor (“painter”) (the source of pictorial) + the common suffix -al.

Questions about pictoral

What is pictoral the alternative form of?
Pictoral is the alternative form of pictorial.

Words near pictoral in the dictionary

  1. pictophonetic
  2. pictophonetics
  3. Pictor
  4. pictoradiogram
  5. pictoradiograms
  6. pictoral
  7. pictorally
  8. pictorial
  9. pictorialisation
  10. pictorialise
  11. pictorialised

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